[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 16, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D240-D241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 17, 2004

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  No meetings/hearing scheduled.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 9:30 a.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary and Related 
Agencies, on Supreme Court, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol, and on FBI, 1 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Navy/Marine Corps Budget Overview, 10 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn, and executive, on Navy/Marine Corps Acquisition, 
1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Science, Nuclear 
Energy and Renewable Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Bureau of Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, on U.S. Geological Survey, 10 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on Older American Programs Panel, 10:15 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, and Independent 
Agencies, on FAA, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on U.S. Court of 
Appeals for Veterans Claims, 10 a.m., and on Community Development 
Financial Institutions, 11 a.m., and on U.S. Interagency Council on 
Homelessness, 1 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Combating the 
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn; 
and to mark up the following measures: H.R. 3966, to amend title 10, 
United States Code, and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve 
the ability of the Department of Defense to establish and maintain 
Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps units at institutions of 
higher education, to improve the ability of students to participate 
in Senior ROTC programs, and to ensure that institutions of higher 
education provide military recruiters entry to campuses and access 
to students that is at least equal in quality and scope to that 
provided to any other employer; S. 2057, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to reimburse members of the United States Armed Forces for 
certain transportation expenses by the members in connection with 
leave under the Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave Program 
before the program was expanded to include domestic travel; H.R. 
3104, to provide for the establishment of campaign medals to be 
awarded to members of the Armed Forces who participate in Operation 
Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom; and H. Con. Res. 374, 
expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense, 
Federal banking agencies, the National Credit Union Administration, 
and the Federal Trade Commission should work to mitigate the 
financial hardships experienced by members of the reserve component 
as a result of being called to active duty, 5:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Projection Forces, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2005 
National Defense Authorization budget request--the U.S. 
Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) Airlift and Sealift Programs, 
4 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on the 
Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense Authorization budget request--
Department of Defense Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) and 
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Programs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, to continue markup of the Budget 
Resolution for Fiscal Year 2005 and to consider other pending 
business, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing entitled 
``Fiscal Responsibility and Federal Consolidation Loans: Examining 
Cost Implications for Taxpayers, Students, and Borrowers'', 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following 
measures: H.R. 27, Small Public Housing Authority Act; H.R. 1914, 
Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2003; H.R. 
2131, to award a congressional gold medal to President Jose Maria 
Aznar of Spain; H.R. 2768, John Marshall Commemorative Coin Act; and 
H.R. 3277, Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Service and 
Agency Organization, to consider the following bills: H.R. 3737, 
Administrative Law Judges Pay Reform Act of 2004; and H.R. 3751, to 
require that the Office of Personnel Management study and present 
options under which dental and vision benefits could be made 
available to Federal employees and retirees and other appropriate 
classes of individuals, 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, hearing on U.S. Preparation for the World 
Radio Conferences: Too little, too late? 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing on the United States and Asia: Continuity, 
Instability, and Transition, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on the Current Situation in 
Serbia, and to mark up the following: H. Res. 543, House Commission 
For Assisting Democratic Parliaments Resolution; and H. Res. 558, 
welcoming the accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, 
Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO), 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and 
Human Rights, to mark up the Designation of Foreign Terrorist 
Organizations Reform Act, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation 
and Public Lands, hearing to examine how the Department of 
Interior's new Appraisal Officer

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is functioning and how land exchanges are being evaluated, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1375, Financial Services 
Regulatory Relief Act of 2003, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, hearing on the Green Chemistry Research and 
Development Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on the Status of the Computer-Assisted 
Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II), 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, to continue hearings to examine the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Information Technology program, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 3971, Highway 
Reauthorization Tax Act of 2004, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to hold a 
hearing on National Geo-spatial Agency Program Budget, 2 p.m., and 
executive, to consider pending business, 5 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on 
Infrastructure and Border Security, hearing entitled ``The 
Department of Homeland Security's Border and Transportation Security 
(BTS) Budget Proposal,'' 10:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.